Validation of the DESI DR2 Ly$\alpha$ BAO analysis using synthetic datasets

L. Casas, H. K. Herrera-Alcantar, J. Chaves-Montero +95

The second data release (DR2) of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), containing data from the first three years of observations, doubles the number of Lyman-$\alpha$ (Ly$\alpha$…